Sassuolo CEO Giovanni Carnevali has indicated that Fabio Grosso is unlikely to continue as head coach of the club, a declaration that lands at the close of a season the neroverdi finished eleventh in Serie A with 49 points from 37 matches. For Filippo Romagna, Sassuolo's 29-year-old defender, the news adds a layer of uncertainty to an already limited personal campaign.
The managerial question matters here because Romagna's 2025-26 season has been defined by scarcity of opportunity. He made just five appearances across the entire campaign, contributing neither goals nor assists and carrying an average rating of 6.80 — functional when called upon, but rarely called upon at all. A coaching change reshuffles every hierarchy. For a player on the margins of Grosso's plans, a new manager represents either a genuine reset or a confirmation of the exit door.
Carnevali's words — that he does not believe there is the will to continue together — were measured but unambiguous. Grosso arrived at Sassuolo with a reputation built at Frosinone, and the club's eleventh-place finish, with 46 goals scored and 49 conceded across a season of 14 wins, seven draws and 16 defeats, reflects a project that never quite cohered. The final weekend brought a derby defeat against Parma, decided by a Pellegrino goal, which kept Sassuolo below the 50-point threshold.
Romagna's AI overall score of 55 out of 100 suggests a player whose ceiling has not been reached, but reaching it requires consistent minutes. Whoever takes the dugout at the Mapei Stadium next season will inherit that question alongside every other.